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Why It is Practically and Ethically Wrong to Apply Chained CPI to Social Security
A number of commentators have tried to argue that the reductions in future Social Security payments resulting from replacing the current method of calculating cost of living increases with …
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What’s In a Name? An Immigrant’s Perspective
Vân, Cúc, Trúc, and Trang; Dũng, Dai, Thanh and Phát. In my mother tongue these names carry music, cadence, poetry. They evoke for the listener images of clouds, peonies, …
Poll: Three Out of Four Washington, DC Voters Want to Remove Criminal Penalties for Marijuana Possession Under District Law
Three out of four Washington, D.C. voters would support changing District law to replace criminal penalties for possession of limited amounts of marijuana with a civil fine similar to …
Kiobel Decision: Supreme Court Limits US Courts’ Ability to Use Human Rights Law to Address Human Rights Abuses Committed Abroad
Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) released the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, a case that raised the …
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Putting Our Money Where Our Hearts Are
“I will give one for defense, but I'm cutting the whole offense budget,” the man said as he dropped one penny into the jar marked “Military” in our Tax …
Komen Foundation: Is the ‘Race for the Cure’ actually a ‘Race to Obscure’?
Even more troubling than the revelation of their right-wing anti-choice agenda was the realization among many critics that principal sponsors of the Race for the Cure produce or use …
Animated Video Shows Dangers of Tar Sands Oil
The Dirtiest Oil on Earth features animated run-down on dangers of tar sands crude and pipelines that transport it.
How Resource Scarcity and Climate Change Could Produce a Global Explosion
The coming decades could see a tidal wave of rebellion and conflict over oil, water, land, and more.
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Coping with Michigan’s Right-to-Work Law
Teachers attempt to secure their future amidst the crippling
The ‘Organizing Model’ Goes Global
Unions in Europe have been importing the u201corganizing modelu201d from the U.S.